Memecylon
Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMelastomataceae
Native toAndaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic
General: Memecylon in New Guinea has been recorded from rain forest
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Morphology
- Stems
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Fruits
- Distribution
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeny based on morphological treatments
- Phylogeny based on molecular treatments
- Pollination and seed dispersal
- Ecology
- Ethnobotany
- A list of ''Memecylon'' species
- Sources
- References
Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.
== Etymology ==